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CERCOCEBUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Mangabeys

Synonyms:

Cercocebus; genus Cercocebus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Cercocebus" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Cercocebus"):

mangabey (large agile arboreal monkey with long limbs and tail and white upper eyelids)

Holonyms ("Cercocebus" is a member of...):

Cercopithecidae; family Cercopithecidae (Old World monkeys: guenon; baboon; colobus monkey; langur; macaque; mandrill; mangabey; patas; proboscis monkey)

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